Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-07
THE FULL REGIMENTS.
THE AMBITION OF THE GREAT BROOKLYN
DIVINE.
His Congregation Increases to the Size Of Four Full
Rsgments-Hs Has Not Enough Yet-Ths
impressive Scenes Of a Sacramental
Sabbath.
Special Tle@am to the Register.

mental day in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
and the sermon is preached at the recep
tion ofthree hundred and forty-seven new
members, making six hundred and ninet,
received during the present revival, 8
that the communicate membership now i
four thousand and tifty-one, The Rev. T
Dewitt Talmage, d. D., the pastor, CAV
the right hand of fellowship to the new
members, and baptized about ninety. Th,
audience sang,
"Blest be the tie that binds
oof hearts in Christian love"
There was great arch OF flowers owe
the pulpit, containing the words, 81 he
lieve in the communion of saints" DIR
Talmage took two texts: / Chronicle.
chapter %, verse 3: "And four Thousand
praised the Lord" and Exodus chapter
II, verse II: This day shall be unto yor
for memorial" He said:
When week before last the communicant
membership of this church passed into the
1000, now reaching 4,051, the first part o.
my text came to my mind, and l bt.
thought myself what
A GRAND THING
it would be if the 1000 of our comp, ~
cant membership would, like tn ',ooo VI
the ancient Temple, make Il men ii'e''"ie
business to praise tho I|'d. Let them all
toke horn and nn,orel and anthem and
dOXOlOgy!
The alluaun of my second text is to the
P,ssorer, which commemorated the deliv.
e,dnce of the children of Israel on the night
when the destroying angel sped through
the land of Egypt, destroying the enemy
but saving the Israelites, because on the
door-po3ts of their dwellings was sprinkled
the blood of a lamb. To-day we come to
celebrate a grander Passover, all peril 90
inc away from oar soul at the sight of the
anrinkled blcJd of the Lamb Df God on
the posts of our hearts. Christ, our
Passorer, sacrificed for us. This day
shsiI he unto you for memorial
THE sACRAMENTAL SABBATH,
whether it comes i'll an American church
or an English chapel or a Scotch kirk, is
more impressive than anv other Sabbath.
Its light is hOlier, calmer, sweeter; its
voices more tender; its touch il softer; its
memories are more chastened The fruits
of the Christian life suddenly ripen, like
orchards on the hill fronting the South.
The wine of the Holy Sacrament seems
pressed from the grapes of Celestial vine
yards, and the bread broken seems to drop
from the hand of Him who parted the
loavcs for the five thousand. We walk Ia
the Church of God with more thoughtful
face and with quieter step. The jubilant
songs of other Sundays are struck through
with pensiveness and are all u tremble
with tears; and when, at the close of the
service, ut the door we shake hands, it is
with more cordial grasp, because we feel
thrilling through our body, and mind, and
soul the great doctrines of Christian
brotherhood; and our minds 90 back tC
our lOrel..theTs celebrating the Sacrament
in times of persecution in Scotland among
the Highlands; concentrating the dy-
ing love of Christ, while they
were pursued of their enemies, pour
ing the wine into rough wooden cups,
dipping the waters Of baptism from the
mountain rock, until one day they heard
the voices of their enemies coming up the
hill, and the pastor cried out: "Oh Lord,
the Shepherd, have mercy on the Sheep
and instantly there was a roaring heard rs
of great floods and sure enough 4 cloud
| had burst and there were great torrents
running down the mountain side that
whelmed their foes with sudden wrath.
| What deliverance it was for them on that
Sacrameutal day! oh that on this Sacra.
mental day the cloud of Gods mercy
might burst and our sins be whelmed and
our souls he saved This is the amethyst
ofdays This is the pearl of days. Among
the ten thousand million ages of eternity
the first Sabbath OF March. 1857, will he
to you significant and memorable, for
this day shall be unto you for ever and
for ever - memorial,
There is
MUCH IN THE SCENE
of to-day to impress us, because it is the
time OF reinforcement. | used to remark
that If ever lived to see our membership
reach four thousand thought would be
willing to say with one of old: "NOw,
Lord, Iettest thou thy servant depart in
peace, for mine eyes have seen thy saliva
ton" But have changed my mind, and
| never so much wanted TO stay aS now, 50
as to see them all enlisted for God and TO
l..l la, ,.ir
not accomplish in the way of making the
world better if they were all baptized with
double portion OF the holy ghost -Four
7 Thousand That is four full regiments, as
military men count thousand to regi-
ment think no one hypOcrite amongst
them. Taken into the Church sometimes
in large numbers, but each one as carefully
examined as to change Of heart, and evi.
deDce Ot regeneration as though he or sht
were the only one presenting himself OI
herselG Many of our former member
nave passed away into the skies, and have
Joined the church triumphant. but we
have four thousand and more left fol
the church militant To arms! QnIt
! Wv. Lilo mon No "nnT nc
reserve corps among them. Go into ac
ton all of You. Some will be officers anG
command; some will make cavalry charge
some will he sharpshOoteTs; some will
stand guard; some will be on picket duty
many of you will belong to the rank anC
| file. Let there be no stragglers, none of
on furlough, no deserter. With Chris
for the Commander-in-C Chief, and the one
starred, blOod-striped banner of maDgeI
and cross to lead the way, give the orde
that the general in the war gave, when
rising in his stirrups, his hair flying in th'
wind, he cried out till all the host hearc
him: Forward the whole line !"
There is also something in such scene
TO DEEPLY IMPRESS
one, becanse il rehearses a death scene
Now. you know, there is something yer.
touching in such an incident. ThOugl
you are in a hotel and it is strange
that is dying, how softly you move abon
the place, and if you come up to his coueI
il is with uncovered head. Even the voic
of the jester is stopped, and when the eye
of that stranger are closed it Is with emo
ton. But am to tell you this morning.
a death such as has never before or sine
occurred. When We die, we die for oui
selves aud the crises is alleyiated by al
benefcent ministries. Bathings for th
hands; batbings for the head; bathlngs 10